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Enterprise Data at the UW

Last updated: August 7, 2025
Audience: All UW

Enterprise data is the shared, secure, and structured information that powers operations, decision-making, and strategic initiatives at the UW. UW-IT manages, integrates, and delivers this data to support research, learning, and administrative work. This data is accessible through tools and services such as the BI Portal (reports, dashboards, cubes), Workday Reporting, the Enterprise Data Warehouse (databases), and Enterprise Web Services (APIs), along with other home-grown analytics solutions that enhance the student and instructor experience.

UW Enterprise Data News

UWSDBDataStore Reorgs on January 28, 2023

Jan. 23, 2023

UWSDBDataStore Reorgs on January 28, 2023 The student database (SDB) will go through a reorganization on January 28, 2023 which will cause changes in the Enterprise Data Warehouse database, UWSDBDataStore. These changes to the objects will be available in the UWSDBDataStore on…

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Knowledge Navigator gets a refresh, modernizes for information and business excellence

Jan. 23, 2023

— Data freeze starting Feb 6 —  What is Knowledge Navigator?  Knowledge Navigator (KN) is the University of Washington’s web-based application that displays business terms, their definitions, and data relationships used by everyone at UW. KN provides context to data used across…

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Knowledge Navigator: Autumn Quarter 2022 Metadata Update

Jan. 12, 2023

UW Metadata Manager, Keith A. Van Eaton, from Information Management’s Enterprise Reporting & Analytics team, has added or updated metadata objects in Knowledge Navigator. In their ongoing partnership, the UW’s data domain stewards, subject matter experts, and metadata manager ensure metadata objects…

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